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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.139

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 139

गवादिहननप्रायश्चित्तम्Expiation for killing a cow and other animals

Verse 139

गजोष्ट्रमहिषाश्वांश्च हत्वा कौलिनि कामतः । उपवासैस्त्रिभिः शुध्येन्मानवः कृतकिल्बिषः ॥ १३९ ॥

gajōṣṭramahiṣāśvāṁśca hatvā kaulini kāmataḥ | upavāsaistribhiḥ śudhyēnmānavaḥ kṛtakilbiṣaḥ || 139 ||

Translation

Having knowingly killed elephants, camels, buffaloes or horses, O Kaulinī, a man who has done wrong is purified by three fasts.

Word by word

gaja
elephants
uṣṭra
camels
mahiṣa
buffaloes
aśvāṁś
(aśvān) horses
ca
and
hatvā
having killed
kaulini
O Kaulinī
kāmataḥ
(kāmataḥ) knowingly
upavāsaiḥ
(upavāsaiḥ) by fasts
tribhiḥ
(tribhiḥ) three
śudhyēt
(śudhyet) is purified
mānavaḥ
(mānavaḥ) a man
kṛta
done
kilbiṣaḥ
(kilbiṣaḥ) wrong

Meaning

Large animals.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the expiation for killing an elephant, a camel and the like, with "gajoṣṭra" and the rest. O Kaulinī, a man who has knowingly killed elephants, camels, buffaloes or horses, animals of large body, and so done wrong, is purified by three fasts.